Tag: lean/continuous improvement
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Sustainability is the Key to a Better Recruitment Strategy
Recruitment is a major challenge in many companies, one that comes with not only the costs of finding a person (advertising for the position, using a recruiting company, taking time out of a manager’s day to do interviews) but also loss of value as the position goes unfilled and others in the company have to…
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It’s Time: When and How to Choose a Sustainability Management Tool
Proper sustainability work is driven by knowledge. Science and data are crucial to making intentions reality. Without metrics to track, it is difficult to know where the problems are and what progress has been made. It is also hard to find things to celebrate beyond ‘good vibes’. Of course, sustainability is not special in that…
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Being Fit for the Future – Break-even Goals and Positive Pursuits
Last fall, I attended an ISSP webinar presented by Martin Rich of the Future Fit Foundation. I try and attend ISSP events when I can just to keep up with my own professional development. I was not expecting to find the Future Fit Business Benchmark so interesting. Having gotten my bachelor’s degree in business and…
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Your Quick Introduction to Finding Data for GHG Reporting
Whether it is investor interest, regulatory requirements, consumer pressure, or employee expectations, there are lots of reasons a company may be interested in starting to track and report their greenhouse gas emissions. The math behind such reports is fairly simple, and there are lots of programs that can do these calculations for you. Anyone getting…